Screening for thoracic aortic pathology: Clinical practice in a single tertiary center.
Lidia R BonsLucas Uchoa de AssisSilvy DekkerRobert M KaulingJudith A A E CuypersHence J M VerhagenRicardo P J BuddeJolien W Roos-HesselinkPublished in: Congenital heart disease (2018)
Most often patients received both TTE and CT (65%). Since TTE showed a low sensitivity to detect aortic dilation, CT imaging is advised at least once in patients referred for thoracic aortic screening.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- aortic valve
- clinical practice
- computed tomography
- prognostic factors
- spinal cord
- peritoneal dialysis
- pulmonary artery
- magnetic resonance imaging
- heart failure
- magnetic resonance
- mass spectrometry
- spinal cord injury
- image quality
- pulmonary hypertension
- photodynamic therapy
- aortic dissection
- fluorescence imaging